Word Power
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Five words that don’t mean what you think they do
Their earliest meanings reveal things that are quite different from the way we know them.
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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Move over, ‘hygge’. The word the world really needs to combat stress is Danish, and it is ‘pyt’
There is no exact English translation, but there exists a rich strain of psychological research devoted to its benefits in everyday life.
Marie Helweg-Larsen, The Conversation
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Why a 66-year-old Maharashtrian villager has been sending congratulatory postcards to strangers
Annappa Chougule has taken it upon himself to praise local and national achievers, including Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi.
Sanket Jain
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Fake news’ makes news as Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017
The term trumped ‘unicorn’, ‘echo chamber’, ‘gig economy’ and ‘cuffing season’ for the lexicographer’s title.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: This is how to use the word Kafkaesque (and how not to)
Everyone uses it, but do we know what it means?
Scroll Staff
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The legend of EPW: How a weekly magazine became an institution
As Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is appointed its new editor, a look back at the three remarkable men who headed the iconic publication before he did.
Anu Kumar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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A call to arms: let's get rid of all the jargon!
Frequent users of jargon think they’re being impressive when they’re really just baffling their listeners.
Baden Eunson, The Conversation
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Two decades after his death, Gerald Durrell is still making the world a better place
The academy set up by the beloved author has now trained 3,350 conservationists from 135 countries.
Julia P G Jones, The Conversation